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Denarius - Augustus L CANINIVS GALLVS IIIVIR AVGVSTVS TR POT
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 12 BC |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | L CANINIVS GALLVS IIIVIR AVGVSTVS TR POT (Translation: Lucius Caninius Gallus Triumvir, Augustus Tribunicia Potestate. Lucius Caninius Gallus moneyer (Triumvir Monetalis). Augustus, holder of tribunician power.) |
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Lucius Caninius Gallus served as one of the tresviri monetales — the board of three mint magistrates responsible for overseeing coin production — likely around 12 BC, the same year Augustus assumed the office of pontifex maximus following the death of Lepidus. The tribunician power notation on this issue was a calculated political instrument: Augustus renewed it annually, and its appearance on coinage provided a precise dating mechanism while broadcasting his constitutional authority in carefully non-monarchical terms.
The tresviri monetales were typically young aristocrats early in the cursus honorum. Caninius Gallus is otherwise sparsely attested.